Section 252.18. Foreign paupers.

  1.  A person who is a county charge or is likely to become so, coming from another state and not having acquired a settlement in a county of this state or any such person having acquired a settlement in a county of this state who moves to another county, may be removed from this state or from the county into which the person has moved at the expense of the county where the person is found, upon the petition of the county to the district court in that county.

  2.  The court or judge shall fix the time and place of hearing on said petition and prescribe the time and manner of service of the notice of such hearing.

  3.  If upon the hearing on said petition such person shall be ordered to remove from the state or county and fails to do so, the person shall be deemed and declared in contempt of court and may be punished accordingly; or the judge may order the sheriff of the county seeking the removal to return such person to the state or county of the person’s legal settlement.

[C51, §811; R60, §1379; C73, §1354; C97, §2225; C24, 27, 31, 35, §5313; C39, §3828.090; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §252.18]

83 Acts, ch 186, §10062, 10201

Contempts, chapter 665